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. 2024 Oct 9;24:555. doi: 10.1186/s12905-024-03389-1

Table 2.

Screens for low wellbeing and symptoms of moderate-to-severe depression and anxiety, by characteristics of 4906 ever-married women in urban informal settlements, Mumbai, India

Low wellbeing on SWEMWBS Moderate-to-severe depression symptoms on PHQ-9 Moderate-to-severe anxiety symptoms on GAD-7
Characteristic No Yes No Yes No Yes
n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%)
Marital status
Currently married 3999 (85.2) 695 (14.8) 371 (92.1) 4694 (7.9) 4443 (94.7) 251 (5.4)
Widowed, separated, divorced 175 (82.6) 37 (17.5) 140 (66.0) 72 (34.0) 164 (77.4) 48 (22.6)
Age (years)
18–19 48 (84.2) 9 (15.8) 52 (91.2) 5 (8.8) 53 (93.0) 4 (7.0)
20–29 1605 (84.0) 306 (16.0) 1757 (91.9) 154 (8.1) 1813 (94.9) 98 (5.1)
30–39 1732 (85.3) 299 (14.7) 1863 (91.7) 168 (8.3) 1919 (94.5) 112 (5.5)
40–49 789 (87.0) 118 (13.0) 791 (87.2) 116 (12.8) 822 (90.6) 85 (9.4)
Schooling
No schooling 763 (81.3) 175 (18.7) 109 (88.4) 938 (11.6) 865 (92.2) 73 (7.8)
Primary, class 1–5 687 (81.2) 159 (18.8) 760 (89.8) 86 (10.2) 789 (93.3) 57 (6.7)
Middle, class 6–8 933 (84.9) 166 (15.1) 981 (89.3) 118 (10.7) 1015 (92.4) 84 (7.6)
Secondary, class 9–10 970 (87.8) 135 (12.2) 1027 (92.9) 78 (7.1) 1055 (95.5) 50 (4.5)
Higher secondary, class 11–12 475 (89.1) 58 (10.9) 499 (93.6) 34 (6.4) 510 (95.7) 23 (4.3)
Higher education 346 (89.9) 39 (10.1) 367 (95.3) 18 (4.7) 373 (96.9) 12 (3.1)
Employment of respondent
No remunerated employment 3153 (84.7) 571 (15.3) 3445 (92.5) 279 (7.5) 3536 (95.0) 188 (5.1)
In remunerated employment 1021 (86.4) 161 (13.6) 1018 (86.1) 164 (13.9) 1071 (90.6) 111 (9.4)
Employment of husband
No remunerated employment 79 (79.8) 20 (20.2) 74 (74.8) 25 (25.3) 85 (85.9) 14 (14.1)
In remunerated employment 3993 (85.2) 693 (14.8) 4305 (91.9) 381 (8.1) 4426 (94.5) 260 (5.6)
Alcohol or drug use by respondent
No 3647 (84.9) 647 (15.1) 3950 (92.0) 344 (8.0) 4064 (94.6) 230 (5.4)
Yes 527 (86.1) 85 (13.9) 513 (83.8) 99 (16.2) 543 (88.7) 69 (11.3)
Alcohol or drug use by husband
No 2333 (86.8) 355 (13.2) 2548 (94.8) 140 (5.2) 2592 (96.4) 96 (3.6)
Yes 1742 (83.0) 358 (17.1) 1832 (87.2) 268 (12.8) 1919 (91.4) 181 (8.6)
Caste
General caste 2441 (85.5) 413 (14.5) 2587 (90.6) 267 (9.4) 2676 (93.8) 178 (6.2)
Other backward caste 1026 (87.0) 154 (13.1) 1087 (92.1) 93 (7.9) 1115 (94.5) 65 (5.5)
Scheduled tribe or caste 707 (81.1) 165 (18.9) 789 (90.5) 83 (9.5) 816 (93.6) 56 (6.4)
Faith
Muslim 1544 (84.6) 282 (15.4) 1631 (89.3) 195 (10.7) 1687 (92.4) 139 (7.6)
Hindu 2465 (85.5) 417 (14.5) 2659 (92.3) 223 (7.7) 2742 (95.1) 140 (4.9)
Other 165 (83.3) 33 (16.7) 173 (87.4) 25 (12.6) 178 (89.9) 20 (10.1)
Household socioeconomic quintile
1 Poorest 755 (77.9) 214 (22.1) 854 (88.1) 115 (11.9) 895 (92.4) 74 (7.6)
2 777 (83.0) 159 (17.0) 854 (91.2) 82 (8.8) 878 (93.8) 58 (6.2)
3 808 (86.5) 126 (13.5) 843 (90.3) 91 (9.7) 879 (94.1) 55 (5.9)
4 832 (89.2) 101 (10.8) 862 (92.4) 71 (7.6) 879 (94.2) 54 (5.8)
5 Least poor 833 (89.1) 102 (10.9) 869 (92.9) 66 (7.1) 890 (95.2) 45 (4.8)
All (N) 4906 (100.0) 4906 (100.0) 4906 (100.0)

Footnote

SWEMWBS: Short Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale-7. PHQ-9: Patient Health Questionnaire-9. GAD-7: Generalised Anxiety Disorder-7